It’s that time of year again, when growers across the land crack open their seed stores and get excited about all of the tomatoes that they will grow this season.

I have so many ideas racing around my head but one thing I know for sure is that next growing season will be better planned!

There has been quite some time between my writing that I was going to prune my fruit trees and today (72 days later) when I actually got around to doing it. 

The Long Borders at this year’s RHS Tatton Park Flower Show really were fantastic. My personal favourites were ‘Be Bold and Beautiful’, ‘A Gourd Time’ (love a vegetable / flower combo, and a good pun!) and ‘Small Actions Big Impact’.

As the first RHS Flower Show that I ever visited, RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival will always have a special place in my heart. The recent addition of an area dedicated to showcasing allotments has made me love it even more.

Having attended RHS Chelsea Flower Show for a few years now, it really does signal the start of the summer for me. This year I was lucky enough to experience the press preview day and all I can say is that Chelsea has brought the goods again.

According to one of the resident horticulturalists The Fruit and Vegetable Garden at RHS Rosemoor is all about celebrating the flavour of the seasons. And, boy, it does not disappoint.

It’s that time of year again, when growers across the land crack open their seed stores and get excited about all of the tomatoes that they will grow this season.

There has been quite some time between my writing in my November post that I was going to prune my fruit trees and today (72 days later) when I actually got around to doing it. 

The clocks have gone back and therefore my allotment hours have been drastically reduced. A lot of the work this month is in preparation for rewards next year.

I have so many ideas racing around my head but one thing I know for sure is that next growing season will be better planned! What should I keep and what should I add?

January 2024 - that is when I received the call letting me know that some allotment plots had become available at a site just 5 minutes walk from my front door. I was beyond excited! Trepidatious, but excited.

Three months of the year left! There will be alot of clearing away at the plot, and the same in the garden at home. I like to think of October as the time that I ‘put the garden to bed’.

Needless to say that the apple trees I inherited on the plot are providing a great harvest with the promise of much more to come.

Summer is in full flow! Keeping on top of the watering (and all important deadheading) means that my garden is full of blooms.

Whilst there is still plenty of cloudy, dull weather here in Nottingham, we’re heading into the peak of Summer and the plot and garden are blooming and plentiful.

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